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Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Brushaber celebrates twenty years!
EWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE Volume 78 Number 5
Edgren scholars reveal research findings
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This November marks the twentieth anniversary of
George K. Brushaber as president. Take a look at him
then and now along with the changes that Bethel has
undergone since his inauguration in 1982 on page 8.
By Melissa King
StaffWriter
On Thursday, Oct. 24, the
second annual Edgren Scholars
presentation was held in the
Eastlund room. This year's
presentations were given by
Dr. Majorie Schaffer, Dr.
Jcncil Paris and senior
Kristin Vogel with their
presentation of "Ethical
Relationships in Service
Learning Partnerships," Dr.
Teresa DeGolier, Shawn
Schottler and seniors Bretta
Vrieze and Rob Anderson
wilh their presentation
"Habitat Quality of
Grassland Reconstruction
Using Small Mammals as
an Indicator" and Dr. Brian
Turnquist and junior Erin
Swanson with "Automated
Reasoning in Group
Theory."
According to Provost Jay
Barnes, the Edgren Scholars
program is "a program designed
to foster faculty-student partnerships in scholarship, in the
spirit of our mission statement
and in the spirit of John Edgren,
that true friendship should exist
between faculty members and
students."
The Edgren Scholars program was started in 2001 and
lior Kristin Vogel presents her research
eth tea I re lalioi is hips
has four initiative goals. These
goals are (1) to provide time
and support for a research agenda that is being pursued by faculty members, (2) to encourage
students to pursue scholarship,
perhaps leading to a research
focus beyond the undergraduate
years, (3) to strengthen faculty/student partnerships and (4)
to raise the level of scholarship
and discussion in the world of
ideas at Bethel College. This
program teams students and
faculty in research of a subject, problem, or hypothesis
together. The faculty member
chooses a student who will
help him/her and who will
write a proposal of research to
submit to the program committee.
It is important to note that
the Edgren Scholars program
is not the Edgren Scholarship.
The Edgren Scholarship gives
money to students based on
high school records. The
scholars program, however,
encourages research between a
faculty member and a student.
The faculty member gets an
additional month of salary and
the student gets a stipend
Continued on page 3
Nowachek runs 62 miles to raise money for leprosy cure
By Anna Nissen
StaffWriter
Senior Matt Nowachek ran
for 11 hours, 41 minutes and 19
seconds two Saturdays ago, in
sun, wind, rain and snow, uphill
and down, but made it through
the 100-kilometer course.
Nowachek was running to
raise money for the American
Leprosy Missions, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to evangelizing Christ's love to people
with leprosy.
"I wasn't running the race,"
Nowachek said. "It was God's
power."
The Edmund Fitzgerald race
began at 5 a.m. Oct. 19, in
Finland, Minn., and ended
approximately 62 miles away in
Duluth. Nowachek, at age 21,
was the youngest runner, but
finished eighth in the
open male category and
35th overall.
"It was simultaneously the best and worst
experience of my life,"
said Nowachek. "The
race was an emotional,
physical, spiritual and
mental battle all the
way." He said the first
70 kilometers were
great; he was doing
fine. However, things
took a drastic turn at 75
kilometers.
"From 80 to 100
kilometers was unbelievable," he said. "I was in tears
at 95 kilometers because I knew
I didn't have another 5 kilome-
Nowachek
ters left in me. Only God and
my friends kepi me going."
Several friends ran
the last few miles with
Nowachek to support
and encourage him,
but by the end of the
race he had nothing
left. He slumped into
his dad's arms al lhe
finish line, exhausted
and dehydrated.
Nowachek had no
unnatural pain while
he was running, which
he attributes to the 50-
60 people who were
praying for him
throughout the duration of the race. He
considers it a miracle, especially considering the serious ligament problems he was experi
encing just weeks before the
race.
Nowachek wanted to run the
race not only as a personal challenge, but also to raise support
for charity. After he saw a program at his local church, he
decided American Leprosy
Missions was an organization
deserving support. He sent out
support letters, spoke at churches and did all he could to
increase awareness of the cause
for which he was running. His
goal was to raise $10,000 for
American Leprosy Missions,
and so far, contributions have
reached $6,000.
"It's amazing how if God
wants something to work, he'll
make it work," Nowachek said
of the support and donations he
generated. "Every person has an
incredible sphere of influence
that they can use for God's purposes if they will."
When asked if he'll ever do
something like this again,
Nowachek grimaced and said,
"Ask me in a month." He continued, "I want to keep my eyes
open for continuing opportunities; I'll take it as God presents
it."
If you would like to make a
tax-deductible donation to the
American Leprosy Missions,
please send a check to:
100K Help Run
c/o Matt Nowachek #1443
3900 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, MN 55112.

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